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How a handful of operators at a crippled reactor averted a greater catastrophe at the Fukushima plant.

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Brumfiel, G. The meltdown that wasn't.Nature 471, 417–418 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/471417a

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• Published: 22 March 2011
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